#mireille mathieu

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Mireille Mathieu

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The iconic moment captured on March 4, 1977, at Bobino in Paris features three of France's most beloved musical legends-Françoise Hardy, France Gall, and Mireille Mathieu-celebrating together backstage🍁🌼🍁

Known for their immense influence on French pop music, these three women represented the epitome of chanson Française and popular music in France during the 1960s and 1970s. Mireille Mathieu, often referred to as the "Spiritual Daughter of Edith Piaf," had a distinguished career marked by her powerful voice and dramatic stage presence. In 1977, she was at the height of her popularity, captivating audiences both in France and internationally with her poignant performances🌵

Françoise Hardy, who had made her mark as one of the leading figures of the Yé-yé movement in the early 1960s, was also a staple of French popular music. Her soulful style and poetic lyrics earned her a place among the most enduring musical icons in France. By the time of this photo, Hardy had already achieved great success in both France and abroad, known not only for her music but also for her unique fashion and sophisticated persona. Alongside her, France Gall, another iconic figure in the French music scene, had also achieved fame with her distinctive voice and hits like "Poupée de cire, poupée de son" (1965), which won her the Eurovision Song Contest🌷

aka Bastille Day.

One of the bloodiest national anthems:

Happy Traumatize Lestat de Lioncourt specifically day:

When I was researching French holidays, customs, bureaucracy, etc. I kept running into the phrase "since the revolution." The French Revolution was so transformative in ways that are difficult to overstate.

This really underlines how out of time Lestat de Lioncourt is and how detached he is from any French person we might recognize.

Lestat de Lioncourt in the books is turned in 1779, well before Bastille Day. Nicolas de Lenfent's vampire life ends in 1789, right around Bastille Day. At the end of the series he's the head of the vampires in his father's old chateau and village, which he's refurbished, and reigns like an ancien regime king. Democracy? What democracy? What [French institution].

The show Lestat was born at the same time, but he's turned after Bastille Day, and encounters the coven and Armand during the reign of terror. Show Nicolas' vampire life ends during the years of the Directory (1796).